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Timucuan Parks Foundation wants to remind students that they have an opportunity now to earn community service hours by participating in the nonprofit’s self-guided volunteer cleanup program. From now through the end of March, students can earn two hours or more of community service by picking up litter at Jacksonville’s wilderness parks and preserves and they will have a chance … Read more
Join us to paint over the graffiti at the pavilions, trim trails around the park, and pick up litter at Beach and Peach Urban Park. Wear closed-toe shoes and bring a reusable water bottle. Visit our Volunteer page for age requirements, instructions, and the full list of upcoming volunteer projects in the parks.
This volunteer project has changed to weeding the camellia beds at Riverside Park on the Westside. We will be: weeding (and if there is time, trash pickup). There are 8 beds that need weeding. please bring gardening gloves and any hoes/gardening tools/etc. you might like. Plus a full reuseable water bottle. A volunteer team leader will have snacks. Note: this … Read more
Join us for a shoreline cleanup at Fort Caroline National Memorial. Presumably 3 years worth of debris got dumped in one day by Hurricane Ian! Wear closed-toe shoes and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. Bring a reusable water bottle and, if you have them, small hand/gardening tools which help in digging up debris. Visit our Volunteer page for the … Read more
The International Coastal Cleanup is part of the annual international effort to keep the oceans (and all shorelines) clean. Join us for these cleanups of the St. Johns River shoreline at three locations: Fort Caroline National Memorial 12713 Ft Caroline Rd Meet at visitor’s center 9 – 11 AM Castaway Island Preserve 2921 San Pablo Rd S Meet at education … Read more
Join us at one of the locations when we host International Coastal Cleanup in the parks. Please check back—details will be posted soon.
Volunteer projects will be held on Saturday, March 20 On the first day of spring, Timucuan Parks Foundation will be leading volunteer events for the St. Johns River Celebration 26th Annual Cleanup at three sites. The annual event, hosted and coordinated by the City of Jacksonville and Keep Jacksonville Beautiful, will be held Saturday, March 20 throughout the city with … Read more
Join Timucuan Parks Foundation as we partner with the City of Jacksonville and Keep Jacksonville Beautiful in their annual city-wide St. Johns River Celebration 26th Annual Cleanup. We will host cleanups at: Fort Caroline National Memorial (9-11AM), 12713 Fort Caroline Rd Reddie Point Preserve (8-11AM), 4499 Yachtsman Way Castaway Island Preserve (8-11AM), 2921 San Pablo Rd S All volunteers should … Read more
Join Timucuan Parks Foundation as we partner with the City of Jacksonville and Keep Jacksonville Beautiful in their annual city-wide St. Johns River Celebration 26th Annual Cleanup. We will host cleanups at: Fort Caroline National Memorial (9-11AM), 12713 Fort Caroline Rd Reddie Point Preserve (8-11AM), 4499 Yachtsman Way Castaway Island Preserve (8-11AM), 2921 San Pablo Rd S All volunteers should … Read more
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and legacy are honored each year when we all take time to celebrate his birthday with a holiday on the third Monday in January. King, born January 15, 1929, was the ultimate civil servant dedicating his life to civil rights, peace, and justice, and is the only non-president to have a national holiday in … Read more